Meteorites
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
File
Papers on the small planets, satellites and comets, 1880 - 1881
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/109
Scope and Contents
The volume includes the Greenwich and Paris observations of the minor planets; circulars for the Berlin Jahrbuch, 1880; and announcements and observations of newly discovered asteroids by C.H.F. Peters and Coggias, in the form of telegrams and requests for ephemerides. There are also papers concerning comets, relating largely to the Great Southern Comet of 1880, with associated sunspot activity observed in New Zealand and Sir D. Gill's Cape of Good Hope observations. Other comets observed...
Dates:
1880 - 1881
Conditions Governing Access:
Please note that File 8 is missing.
Item
Postcard with a printed image of Halley and 17p Halley’s Comet stamp affixed, 1986-11-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 97/5/4
Scope and Contents
Stamped ‘Edmond Halley Memorial Service Westminster Abbey’ and marked ‘Star Card no. M’ [sic.].
Dates:
1986-11-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Requests for Astronomical Information: celestial phenomena and unidentified flying objects, 1968-1975, 1978
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 83
Scope and Contents
This class consists of requests for astronomical information sent to the Royal Greenwich Observatory between 1968 and 1975. It includes letters from the public, both in the UK and worldwide. Both incoming letters and carbon copies of official responses are preserved, with replies generally signed by Humphry Smith or William (Bill) Nicholson who were joint Press Officers from 1968.The first nine files are letters from the UK, deemed ‘general’ or ‘special’, and each organised in...
Dates:
1968-1975, 1978
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
‘The Return of Halley’s Comet’ stamps: first day covers and stamped postcard, 1986-02 - 1986-11
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 97/5
Scope and Contents
A set of commemorative envelopes and postcards with Halley’s Comet stamps affixed. Four Halley’s Comet Stamps were issued to commemorate the return of the comet on 18 Feb. 1986, titled: ‘Dr Edmond Halley 1656-1742’ (17p), ‘Giotto’ (22p), ‘Maybe Twice in a Lifetime’ (31p), and [Comet] (34p).
Dates:
1986-02 - 1986-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).